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DIY Chinese Food Dinner for December 25
Planning to feast on Chinese food on December 25 after Shabbat ends? Ditch takeout this year and prepare your own fried rice and hot and sour soup.

Planning to feast on Chinese food on December 25 after Shabbat ends? Ditch takeout this year and prepare your own fried rice and hot and sour soup.
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Challah Stuffed With Sweet and Savory Fillings
The most exciting part about eating a stuffed challah is slicing or tearing the bread open to discover the sweet or savory filling.

The most exciting part about eating a stuffed challah is slicing or tearing the bread open to discover the sweet or savory filling.

A Sunrise Picnic High Atop Masada

by Jessica Halfin

Israelis customarily climb the ancient hilltop fortress in the early morning hours, celebrating with a rustic picnic overlooking the Dead Sea.

Beth Warren and Her (Kosher) Diet Secrets

by Jessica Halfin

In the book, Warren provides readers with a 21-day kosher plan to reboot and reprogram their bodies while retraining their minds.

Israeli Salad, a Levantine Love Affair with Vegetables

by Jessica Halfin

While the obsession with fresh vegetables seems uniquely Israeli to many Diaspora Jews, it is the reality for most cultures who call the Levant home.

Celebrating Shavuot as the Festival of Wheat

by Jessica Halfin

by Jessica Halfin

The American-born couple behind the Pat BaMelach bread bakeries In Israel extol the ancient virtues of wheat and its connection to Shavuot.

How Shavuot Became the Cheesecake Holiday

by Jessica Halfin

by Jessica Halfin

Around the world, Jews celebrate Shavuot with cheese blintzes, noodle kugels and creamy cheesecake. But why?

Tori Avey’s Shavuot Table

by Jessica Halfin

by Jessica Halfin

Renowned food blogger and culinary historian Tori Avey shares her most popular Shavuot recipes.

‘Millennial Kosher,’ Debut Book from Busy in Brooklyn Blogger

by Jessica Halfin

Chanie Apfelbaum is the rockstar millennial cook behind the Busy in Brooklyn blog and the brand-new cookbook 'Millennial Kosher.'

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The Jewish Traveler

A Moveable Feast Through Israel’s Shuks

by Debra Nussbaum Cohen

Food tours of Israel’s shuks are booming, offering tasty excursions through tucked-away corners of streets you won't likely discover on your own.